最后的送别，犯罪或仁慈？
帮助受病痛折磨的绝症患者结束生命 所谓的协助死亡或安乐死在世界上很多地方仍然是非法行为
然而 法律并不能反映人性伦理上的种种挣扎...
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答疑：Vechosyhttp://t1.g.hjfile.cn/listen/201206/201206161015049863377.mp3Today, what does it mean to help someone end their own life? The issue of assisted dying is very controversial. Some believe it can be a merciful way to end suffering, while others have strong religious or ethical objections. In many countries it remains illegal.
Well, two years ago, a British actor called Chris Larner helped his former wife Allyson to travel to a clinic in Switzerland to take her own life. Allyson had been suffering from multiple sclerosis for many years and the illness eventually left her in constant pain and unable to walk or do anything else unassisted. The clinic run by Dignitas just outside Zurich is not for profit, and assists the terminally ill to die, which is legal in Switzerland. Chris and Allyson had been divorced for more than 20 years, but they had a son together and remained close. So Allyson asked Chris to accompany her on her final journey, along with her sister Vivienne. Now Chris has written an account of Allyson's death, which he is performing as a one-man play in theatres around the UK. When he came into the Outlook studio, he began by telling me what kind of person Allyson was.
"She was very strong-willed. She was funny. She was stubborn and opinionated, and I think, very fair-minded. And when she made up her mind to do something, she went for it 100%, you know."今天节目的主题：帮助一个人结束生命意味着什么？协助死亡是个备受争议的话题。有人认为这种方式能悲悯地结束痛苦，但也有人从宗教或伦理角度强烈反对。在很多国家，协助死亡仍然是非法的。
两年前，一位名叫克里斯•拉纳的英国演员帮助他的前妻艾莉森前往瑞士的一家诊所结束自己的生命。多年来，艾莉森一直饱受多发性硬化症的折磨，病魔最终令她陷入了持续疼痛，而且无法独立行走或做任何事。这家诊所就在苏黎世城外，是由“尊严”组织设立的非营利性诊所，目的是为了协助患绝症晚期病人终止生命，这在瑞士是合法的。克里斯和艾莉森已经离婚20多年了，但他们有一个儿子，而且关系一直都很密切。因此艾莉森才请克里斯来陪伴她最后一程，同行的还有她的姐姐薇薇安。如今，克里斯已将艾莉森的死亡经历写成一出剧本，并由自己出演剧中唯一的角色，该剧正在全英国各大剧院上演。他走进《展望》节目播音室，首先向我介绍艾莉森是个怎样的人。
“她意志非常坚强。她很风趣。她顽固、固执己见，而且就我看来还是个很公正的人。你知道，一旦她下定决心要做什么事，她就一定会全力以赴。”
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